News - 2010 MotoGP French round : the report
05/27/2010

 There are good days and others less. If last year I had met "The Doctor" twice, this time, I didn't manage to approach him. Since my first Grand Prix backstage in 2003, the paddock completely changed. Everything became more organised. Gravels are away, construction works of the Bugatti circuit are amost finished. Areas are clearly separated : working areas, MotoGP and Moto2 hospitalities , living areas. Unfortunately, this makes the autograph "hunt" a little bit more difficult but most of the riders still gladly stop.
Among them, Jorge Lorenzo. On the picture, he's filmed by the Spanish television. The orange lifebelt was a reference to the celebration of his recent win at Jerez. So, except Valentino Rossi and few absents (Alex de Angelis, Hector Barbera and Julian Simon), the balance of my day at Le Mans is very positive. From 9:30, I was in the paddock ; the sun was part of it. I had the good surprise of meeting Nobuatsu Aoki, Suzuki's test rider since 2005, and Ralf Waldmann.
Two years ago, I had made a watercolour of the German rider at the very wet 1995 Grand Prix of Japan. My patience was finally rewarded and I got his sign. I also made Dani Pedrosa, that I hadn't met since 2007, sign !

The other cool time of the day was the visit of the pit of Lucio Cechinello's team. On the Thursday before the race, bikes are rebuilt and the heart of the machineries are visible.



As I was expecting, I will put 9 new MotoGP and Moto2 riders profiles on line and update 15 other ones all along the summer according to the following schedule :
7 - Hiroshi Aoyama (Interwetten Honda MotoGP)
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06/03/2010
11 - Ben Spies (Monster Yamaha Tech 3)
update
06/03/2010
46 - Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha Team)
update
06/03/2010
19 - Alvaro Bautista (Rizla Suzuki MotoGP)
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06/10/2010
58 - Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini)
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06/10/2010
40 - Hector Barbera (Paginas Amarillas Aspar)
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06/17/2010
41 - Aleix Espargaro (Pramac Racing Team)
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06/17/2010
63 - Mike di Meglio (Mapfre Aspar Team)
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06/24/2010
99 - Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team)
update
06/24/2010
75 - Mattia Pasini (JIR Moto2)
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06/30/2010
4 - Andrea Dovisiozo (Repsol Honda Team)
update
06/30/2010
2 - Gabor Talmacsi (Fimmco Speed Up)
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07/08/2010
26 - Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team)
update
07/08/2010
22 - Vittoriano Guareschi (Ducati Marlboro Team)
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07/15/2010
69 - Nicky Hayden (Ducati Marlboro Team)
update
07/15/2010
14 - Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda MotoGP)
update
07/22/2010
33 - Marco Melandri (San Carlo Honda Gresini)
update
07/29/2010
5 - Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3)
update
08/05/2010
36 - Mika Kallio (Pramac Racing Team)
update
08/11/2010
27 - Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro Team)
update
08/18/2010
65 - Loris Capirossi (Rizla Suzuki MotoGP)
update
08/26/2010
72 - Yuki Takahashi (Tech 3 Racing)
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09/02/2010
24 - Toni Elias (Gresini Racing Moto2)
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09/09/2010
10 - Fonsi Nieto (Holiday Gym G22)
update
09/16/2010


To finish, I would like to sincerely thank Lucio Cecchinello and his team (www.lcrhonda.com) for their welcome.

Related items :
- 2009 MotoGP French round : the report
- 2008 MotoGP French round : the report
- 2007 MotoGP French round : the report

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